---
name: "Alan MacDonald"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/alan-macdonald"
fi1m_id: "alan-macdonald"
imdb_id: "nm0531598"
tmdb_id: 15732
wikidata_id: "Q16731757"
roles: ["Production designer"]
born: "1 January 1956"
died: "30 August 2017"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 76
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-10-05T14:44:48.346750+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Alan MacDonald

## Identity

Alan MacDonald

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/alan-macdonald
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** alan-macdonald
- **IMDb ID:** nm0531598
- **TMDB ID:** 15732
- **Wikidata ID:** Q16731757
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_MacDonald_(production_designer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16731757, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0531598/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/15732

Production designer. Born 1 January 1956. Died 30 August 2017.

## Details

- **Work:** Production designer
- **Born:** 1 January 1956
- **Died:** 30 August 2017
- **Active:** 2006–2018
- **Frequently works with:** [Stephen Frears](https://film.one/person/stephen-frears.md), [Tracey Seaward](https://film.one/person/tracey-seaward.md), [Judi Dench](https://film.one/person/judi-dench.md), [Ol Parker](https://film.one/person/ol-parker.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 84 (1), 2010s 74 (4)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 76 to 71 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 4, Comedy 3, History 1, Romance 1
- **Screen time:** 9 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $818m across 5 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_MacDonald_(production_designer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16731757, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0531598/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/15732

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Philomena*](https://film.one/film/philomena.md) (82)

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## Biography

Alan MacDonald was a British production designer. He worked on feature films including *The Queen* (2006), for which he received nominations for the Art Directors Guild Award for Excellence in Production Design for a Contemporary Film and the British Independent Film Award for Best Technical Achievement.

MacDonald collaborated frequently with director Stephen Frears on films such as *Chéri* (2009), *Tamara Drewe* (2010), *Philomena* (2013), *Florence Foster Jenkins* (2016) and *Victoria & Abdul* (2017). Other credits include *The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel* (2012), *Sing Street* (2016) and *Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again* (2018). His final two film credits were dedicated to his memory.

Earlier in his career he worked in furniture making, music videos and advertisements, and designed the set for Kylie Minogue's KylieFever2002 tour. He died on 30 August 2017.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, independent.co.uk.*

## On Fi1m (5)

- *Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again* (2018), Fi1m 77, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/mamma-mia-here-we-go-again.md)
- *Florence Foster Jenkins* (2016), Fi1m 64, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/florence-foster-jenkins.md)
- *Philomena* (2013), Fi1m 82, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/philomena.md)
- *The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel* (2012), Fi1m 71, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-best-exotic-marigold-hotel.md)
- *The Queen* (2006), Fi1m 84, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-queen.md)

## Complete filmography (21)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again* (2018), Production Design — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/mamma-mia-here-we-go-again.md)
- *Victoria & Abdul* (2017), Production Design, In Memory Of
- *Florence Foster Jenkins* (2016), Production Design — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/florence-foster-jenkins.md)
- *Sing Street* (2016), Production Design
- *The Program* (2015), Production Design
- *Philomena* (2013), Production Design — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/philomena.md)
- *The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel* (2012), Production Design — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/the-best-exotic-marigold-hotel.md)
- *KM3D-1* (2011), Production Designer
- *Tamara Drewe* (2010), Production Design
- *Chéri* (2009), Production Design
- *The Edge of Love* (2008), Production Design
- *Kylie Minogue: Showgirl - Homecoming Live* (2007), Production Design
- *The Queen* (2006), Production Design — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-queen.md)
- *Kinky Boots* (2005), Production Design
- *The Jacket* (2005), Production Design
- *Kylie Minogue: KylieFever2002 - Live in Manchester* (2002), Director
- *KylieFever2002* (2002), Director
- *The 51st State* (2001), Production Design
- *Nora* (2000), Production Design
- *Rogue Trader* (1999), Production Design
- *Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon* (1998), as Colony Room Club · Production Design

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